Project Management Officer

Are you a PMO looking
for a new role?
We are looking for a
new Project Management Officer to join our well-established project team within
the Aerospace, defence, and Security sector of Sopra Steria.
Int this role, you
will play a vital role assist with opportunity spotting activities.
You will also be
required to demonstrate the ability to work to tight deadline, prioritising
tasks combined with being a team player.
Additionally, you
will foster a culture with knowledge sharing and continuous improvement,
demonstrating adaptability and commitment to supporting others across the team
in delivering a high-quality service.
We can offer great
career progression opportunities, ability to be based anywhere across the UK,
benefits which you can flex to meet your needs and training and development
opportunities.

As a key member of
the project team, you should have excellent communication skills, allowing you
to maintain relationships with your client, your team and Sopra Steria ADS, and
to communicate progress, potential issues and risks to inform the project team.

**What you'll be doing**:
Frequently and objectively analysing, consolidating, and reporting project performance and trajectory, with emphasis upon key performance indicators
Supporting client and subcontractor engagements within the context of the wider Sopra Steria/joint venture client engagement and stakeholder management structure
Working effectively within cross-functional teams, which may include subcontractor and third parties
Understanding and conforming with prescribed business governance
Understanding and conforming with the policies, standards and methods that have been prescribed within Sopra Steria’s Business Management System; utilising the prescribed Corporate tools.
Define standards and support their consistent and effective delivery. This includes ensuring management information reports contain relevant and quality information, project / programme risk management, monitoring and maintaining issues and dependencies and ensuring finance / resource profiles are accurately maintained.
Provide direction, guidance and assistance to project / programme teams to ensure that appropriate governance and controls are in place and the standard processes and procedures are adhered to.
Hold owners accountable for their commitments and conduct project team meetings to provide status updates and identify / resolve issues.
Complete governance assurance health checks to ensure that all projects are being completed within the agreed time, within approved budget and are meeting high quality standards.
Support the Project Portfolio managers and head of PMO.
Manage the Project Co-Ordinators.

**What you’ll bring**:
Demonstrated team
leadership capability
IT services
background
Relevant sector
experience
SC Clearance or
will to proceed with it before starting in the position
Must be willing
to proceed with DV Clearance if required
Excellent
communication skills

**It would be great if you had**:
P3O Practitioner, or AIPMO, or House of PMO
SAFE, Execview, ProjectView and iQ
ADS experience
If you are interested
in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re
looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you

**Employment Type**: Full-time

**Location**: Hemel Hempstead

**Security Clearance Level**: SC MOD

**Internal Recruiter**: Marion

**Salary**: Up to £32,000

**Benefits**: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days,
life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund
Although this role is advertised as
full-time, we support many ways of working and can offer a range of flexible
working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we
Loved reading about this job and want to
know more about us?
Our Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and
deploys digital solutions that bring clients enduring business value across the
UK’s Public and Private sectors. We foster a culture in which employees feel
valued and supported, delivering exceptional rates of customer satisfaction in
the UK’s most complex safety
- and security-critical markets.